partition
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Etymology [edit]
Recorded c.1430, "division into shares, distinction," from Old French particion (modern partition), from Latin partitio (“division, portion”), from partitus, the past participle of partire (“to split (up), part(ition)”).
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partition (plural partitions)
- An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another
- A part of something that had been divided, each of its results.
- The division of a territory into two or more autonomous ones.
- Monarchies where partition isn't prohibited risk weakening trough parcellation and civil wars between the heirs
- A vertical structure that divides a room.
- (computing) A section of a hard disk separately formatted.
- (set theory) A collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set whose union is the set itself (i.e. all elements of the set are contained in exactly one of the subsets).
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- (set theory): The elements of the collection are sometimes called the blocks or parts of the partition.
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action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another
part of something that had been divided
division of a territory
vertical structure that divides a room
section of a hard disk separately formatted
collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set
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Verb [edit]
partition (third-person singular simple present partitions, present participle partitioning, simple past and past participle partitioned) (transitive)
- To divide something into parts, sections or shares
- To divide a region or country into two or more territories with separate political status
- To separate or divide a room by a partition (ex. a wall), often use with off
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divide something into parts
divide into two or more territories
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Noun [edit]
partition f (plural partitions)